[TheForge] news about Dave Mudge

[schade at acegroup.cc]

> "The Lovely Cindy" and I are ok. My shop is no more, but I will 
> rebuild a
> better one. Fortunately we are insured and the damage was to the 
> building.
> Most of the equipment seems to be ok. I won't know about the big mig 
> welder
> and plasma cutter until we get electricity back. (they took a lot of 
> rain)
> We had 4 hours of 120 mph horizontal wind driven rain. The insurance
> adjuster has already made her inspection and filed the report. We 
> expect a
> check in a week or two. We have no electricity and think that it will 
> be
> several more weeks before it comes back on-line. We are sleeping in a 
> tent,
> and the weather is very dry and cool at night. We bought a 6K watt 
> generator
> so we have water (well) and satellite TV and fans. Run the generator 
> for a
> couple hours and off for 4 or 5 hours. I have work (not blacksmithing) 
> so
> money will be coming in. Our son lives in Lafayette, 3 hour drive, so 
> we
> spend a couple days there then back here for several days. You wouldn't
> believe the devastation.........................
> look here www.noahmudge.com/katrina/  will try to post more pictures 
> soon.
> Thanks for the offer. We are ok. You could make a donation to CERF or 
> the
> ABANA relief fund.
>
> dave mudge